Tag: bear

We imagine the original conversation probably went something like this:Client: “And up there, above the right arch, we want a bear.”Artist: “A bear. Good choice. No problem.”C: “You’re familiar with bears?”A: “Bears? Oh, yes. My father and uncle used to dress up in a bear skin to frighten the kids at festivals. No problem there.”C: “Okay, but it has to look like a real bear.”A: “Of course.”C: “Not like two men in a bear skin!”A: “Ha-haa! No! Of course. No problem. And on the left?”C: “On the left we want an elephant.”A: “An…?”C: “Elephant.”A: “What, like a horse?”C: “No, an elephant.”A: “Elephant. Yes. No, that’s what I thought you said. Elephant. Good.”C: “Do you know what an elephant is?”A: “Oh, yes. No problem.”C: “You’ve seen one before?”A: “An elephant? Yes. No problem.”C: “You keep saying ‘no problem’…”A: “Yeah, no problem. An elephant… Like a horse.”C: “What?”A: “What?”